He did. The third baseman hit a grand slam with two outs in the 13th inning to give the Reds an 8-4 victory over the Tigers in a game that started Wednesday evening and finished at 1:20 a.m. on Thursday morning.

Frazier's grand slam was his second home run of the night, fourth in the last two days and 22nd of the season. And most importantly, it let everyone go home.

"My body was just toast," Frazier said afterwards, noting his trapezius muscle had cramped up, a bug flew into his eye in the 12th inning and he was hungry for more than just the two Kit Kat bars that Raisel Iglesias brought him in the 12th.

The chocolate may have been just enough for Frazier to put Joakim Soria's 1-2 pitch into the tunnel next to the Reds' bullpen in left-center field. Frazier knew the 411-foot blast was out of the park as soon as he hit it, as he flipped the bat before making his way around the bases.

Frazier flips his bat after hitting the game-winning grand slam.(Photo: The Enquirer/Sam Greene)

"I knew it was gone," he said. "I looked in the dugout while I was running and everyone was on the edge and I was like, 'no, that's gone, guys.'"

The Reds on the bench had reason to be skeptical — the team had a runner thrown out at the plate in the 10th and then left runners at third in the 11th and 12th.

Even with the red-hot Frazier coming up with the bases loaded, it was no sure thing.

Skip Schumaker, a pinch-hitter in the eighth, led off the 13th with a single. Kristopher Negron, after fouling off two bunt attempts, finally got one down with two strikes to move Schumaker to second. Billy Hamilton walked before Brandon Phillips hit a ball too hard to left, forcing third base coach Jim Riggleman to hold Schumaker at third.

Ivan De Jesus Jr., 0-for-6 to that point, then struck out and Frazier quickly got behind in the count to Soria.

"(Soria) did the same thing to De Jesus, quick-pitched him and threw him a curveball," Frazier said. "I had it in the back of my mind and I saw it pop out of his hand and you've got to put a good swing on it, too. The opportunity arose and I did it."

Six relievers for each team appeared in a game that saw both starters pulled after a one-hour, 14-minute rain delay in the sixth inning.

Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera appeared to hit Johnny Cueto's 94-mph fastball so hard that it not only gave the Tigers a 3-2 lead, but it also brought rain. Or so it seemed.

As soon as Anthony Gose, Ian Kinsler and Cabrera touched home plate with one out in the top of the sixth, home plate umpire Tim Timmons called for the grounds crew to bring out the tarp.

Cueto would stay in the dugout when the game resumed at 10:09. Manny Parra took over for Cueto, who allowed just three hits, but three runs in 5 1/3 innings. He threw 88 pitches, 61 for strikes.

Tigers starter David Price also exited after the delay, having allowed two runs on four hits over five innings. He threw 72 pitches, 52 for strikes.

Jay Bruce recorded the first five-hit game by a Red since Willy Taveras had five hits on May 11, 2009 at Arizona. Brayan Pena had four of the team's 16 hits on the night.

And then there was right-hander Donovan Hand, who made his first appearance as a Red in the 10th inning and pitched three scoreless innings in relief.

"I'm proud of everybody, that was a really well-played ballgame," Price said. "We had two aces out there and then the rain comes. We basically get a five-plus inning outing from Cueto and they get five out of David Price and it goes to the bullpens, and really a well-done job. Donovan Hand is going to be the standout with the three innings of scoreless relief and had to roll through the meat of their lineup. Then Badenhop — those guys are on fumes … it was just really a lift, a big lift by those guys. And what about Schumaker leading off that inning with a hit against a tough lefty? There's a lot of heroes in that game."

Cincinnati Reds third baseman Todd Frazier gets drenched by Cincinnati Reds catcher Tucker Barnhart after his walk off grand slam in the 13th inning of the MLB game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Detroit Tigers at Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati, on Thursday, June 18. The game was delayed after the Tigers took a 3-2 lead over the Reds in the top of the sixth. The Reds beat the Tigers 8-4 after a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the 13th inning off the bat of Todd Frazier.(Photo: The Enquirer/Sam Greene)